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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Torres et al. (2024): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Torres, S.H., M. de Lucía, D.E. Gutiérrez Gregoric & G. Darrigan. 2024. Freshwater mussel conservation in southern South America: update on distribution range and current threats. Aquatic Sciences 86(38): 1-14. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodontites elongata (Swainson, 1823)

Anodontites ferrarisii (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Anodontites lucida (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Anodontites patagonica (Lamarck, 1819)

Anodontites puelchana (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Anodontites trigona

Anodontites soleniformis (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Anodontites solenidea

Anodontites tenebricosa (I. Lea, 1834)

Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819)

Anodontites trapezea (Spix, 1827)

Anodontites trigona (Spix, 1827)

Castalia ambigua (Lamarck, 1819)

Castalia inflata (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Castalia psammoica (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula largillierti

Diplodon chilensis (J.E. Gray, 1828)

Diplodon delodonta (Lamarck, 1819) = Diplodon delodontus

Diplodon parallelopipedon (I. Lea, 1834)

Diplodon parodizi (Bonetto, 1962)

Diplodon rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Diplodon rotundus (Spix, 1827)

Diplodon wymanii (I. Lea, 1860)

Fossula fossiculifera (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Lamproscapha ensiformis (Spix, 1827)

Leila blainvilliana (Lea, 1834)

Limnoperna fortunei

Monocondylaea corrientesensis (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Monocondylaea minuana (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Monocondylaea paraguayana (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Monocondylaea parchappii (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Mycetopoda legumen (E. von Martens, 1888)

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827)

Mycetopoda soleniformis (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Rhipidodonta burroughiana (I. Lea, 1834) = Diplodon burroughianus

Rhipidodonta charruana (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon charruanus

Rhipidodonta hylaea (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon hylaeus

Rhipidodonta paranensis (I. Lea, 1834) = Diplodon paranensis

Rhipidodonta variabilis (Maton, 1811) = Diplodon variabilis